STRATFORD MP Manuela Perteghella says she will wear her sanction from Russia as “a badge of honour”.
She is among 15 UK MPs and six members of the House of Lords who have been accused of making “hostile statements and unfounded accusations”.
As a result she is banned from entering Russia.
In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Kremlin accused the UK of carrying out an “ongoing confrontational course, which includes efforts to demonize our country”.
The statement continues: “A decision has been made to include a number of members of the UK Parliament in the Russian “stop list”.”
Dr Pereghella said: ” I was sanctioned by Russia for speaking truth to power. The Kremlin released its “stop list” of 15 UK MPs, including many of my Liberal Democrat colleagues. Being on Moscow’s blacklist is a badge of honour. I will always stand up for Ukraine.”
This is not the first time parliamentarians have been sanctioned by Moscow. In April 2023, Russia said it was taking action against 287 members of the House of Commons, although the list released at the time contained numerous former MPs.
And in November 2024 Angela Rayner, Rachel Reeves and other Cabinet ministers were also barred from entering the country.
The MPs sanctioned on Wednesday (April 23) are Labour’s Johanna Baxter, Phil Brickell, Blair McDougall, Tim Roca and Jeevun Sandher.
The Liberal Democrats are Alistair Carmichael, Chris Coghlan, Helen Maguire, James MacCleary, Mike Martin, Manuela Perteghella, Cameron Thomas and Will Forster.
The DUP’s Jim Shannon and the SNP’s Stephen Gethins have also been sanctioned.
The six members of the House of Lords sanctioned are Crossbench peer Lord David Alton, Conservative peer Lord Charles Banner, Labour peer Lord Beamish, Conservative peer Lord Ross Kempsell, and Liberal Democrat peers Lord Jeremy Purvis and Baroness Julie Smith.
